Pieces of solid material that have been deposited on Earth's surface by wind, water, ice, gravity, or chemical processes.
What is Sediments
100
List the four methods by which sedimentary rocks are formed.
What is Weathering, erosion, deposition, and lithification
100
Rocks formed from evaporation are called _________.
What is Evaporation
100
Metamorphism results from different combinations of ________ and ________.
What is Temperature and pressure
100
_______ rocks crystallize from magma.
What is Igneous
200
The movement of surface materials from one location to another.
What is Erosion
200
Deposition occurs when ________ stops.
What is Transport
200
_________ sedimentary rocks are formed from the remains of once-living things.
What is Organic
200
Regional metamorphism occurs and _____ temperature and _____ pressure.
What is High, high
200
The opposite of burial is _______.
What is Uplift
300
Formed when sedimentary rocks settle according to particle size, where heavier, courser layers are on the bottom and lighter, finer layers are on the top
What is Graded bedding
300
Occur when dead organisms are buried before they decompose.
What is Fossils
300
What natural resource forms from the remains of plant life?
What is Coal.
300
Characterized by wavy layers and bands of minerals.
What is Foliated texture
300
Sediments become sedimentary rock through ________, _______, and _________.
What is Deposition, burial, and lithification
400
Course-grained clastics that have rounded particles.
What is Conglomerates
400
Lithification begins with _________.
What is Compaction
400
Include sand-sized rock and mineral fragments and has high porosity.
What is Medium-grained clastics
400
When minerals in a rock change without the rock melting, it is called ________-_______ __________.
What is Solid-state alterations
400
_______ is formed with calcite from the decomposed shells of seawater animals.
What is Limestone
500
Results when molten rock comes into contact with solid rock.
What is Contact metamorphism
500
Responsible for the ripples that are observed in desert and beach sands.
What is Cross bedding
500
Course-grained clastics with angular or sharp particles.
What is Breccias
500
The zones in regional and contact metamorphism are formed by the _________ of minerals at different temperatures.
What is Crystallization
500
List the four main agents of erosion.
What is Wind, moving water, gravity, and glaciers.